”I thought Kati was great as was Abigail Wexner. Very impressive audience.”

- Terry Ryan, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation

“I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciated Katie Haycock’s presentation today. She cut through a lot of clutter to hone in on the key points and issues that matter; she clearly has an exceptional grasp of the issues at hand, and yet, she managed to speak truth without throwing stones at any one entity or group – a remarkable feat given her topic and the environment we live in at this time.”

- Melinda Swan, TaylorMade Impact

“Congrats on a great program and excellent information and positioning opportunity for KidsOhio, and thank you for enabling me to be at such a distinguished table.”

- Doug Kridler, The Columbus Foundation

“I found Kati Haycock’s presentation to be very powerful.”

- Jack Jackson, Wexner Center for the Arts

“Thank you for inviting me to Kati’s presentation – she is always great!”

- Lisa Gray, Gates Foundation

“Thank you for the wonderful opportunity to hear Kati Haycock. Her presentation was extremely enlightening.”

- Gloria Edgerton, Columbus Public Schools Kingswood Data Center

“Once again Kati did a great job speaking on data and shocking the crowd. I appreciate how she phrased “replicate good schools”.”

- Bob Parsons, Communities in Schools

“I enjoyed the presentation. It was interesting to note how influential Kati really is in educational policy circles and yet how accessible she continues to be.”

- Courtney Clarke, Ohio 8 Coalition

“Kati Haycock was both informative and inspiring.”

- Kristi Phillips-Schwartz, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation

“Kati gave a great, insightful speech. Your hardest work will be to convince the suburbs that they are going to get something back if they increase spending on inner city schools (or lessen spending on their own schools), and to convince the unions to adopt a new school paradigm that closes the bad and identifies and adopts the good for all… Keep up the pressure. It is imperative that we make dramatic, prompt improvement.”

- Gene Pierce, Pierce Communications

“Thank you for lunch today. I enjoyed it a great deal… She [Kati Haycock] was so great at articulating her points.”

- Donna Vroom, Columbus Sister

“Kati Haycock was an outstanding speaker who shared some alarming statistical information presented in a no-nonsense but hopeful approach.”

- Linda Kanney, YWCA

“What a great program. I hope it moves Ohio closer to its goals of state-wide educational improvement.”

- Carter Stewart, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease

“Please accept my heartfelt thanks for the invitation to the luncheon….I enjoyed Kati Haycock more than Anna Quindlen on Monday….I’ve told several people about it.”

- Barb Sweeney

“Thank you so much for allowing me to hear Kati’s words of warning and encouragement for the Columbus audience. I wish everyone who has a role to play in the education of our children, and I guess ideally that would be everyone, could have heard her comments.”

- Linda Hill, Bricker & Eckler, LLP

“Kati Haycock was fantastic! I really wish I had heard her last year too. Mark must be so pleased with the whole event – turnout, presentation, visibility for KidsOhio, etc.”

- Barbara Pratner, YWCA

“Thank you for inviting me to this fantastic event.”

- Sarah Kozel, OSU, School of Education, Policy and Leadership student